Biografia:
De origem humilde, Marry Wells nasceu e passou à infância em um bairro pobre de Detroit, Michigan.
Ela foi a primeira cantora a assinar um contrato com a gravadora Motown, onde gravou o maior sucesso de sua carreira, a canção "My Guy", de 1964. Ela também gravou um dueto com Marvin Gaye, com quem emplacou os sucessos "Once Upon a Time" e "What's the Matter With You, Baby?".
Ao completar 20 anos, Wells decidiu romper seu contrato com a Motown e assinou com a 20th Century Fox.
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Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
You Beat Me To The Punch:Mary Wells.
#9 in 1962.
#1.
D Bm
That day, I first saw you (whoa, whoa) passing by..
D Bm A
I wanted, to know your name, but I...was much too shy.
D
But I was looking at you so hard,
Bm
that you must have had a hunch.
G Gm7
So, you came up to me and asked me my name.
CHORUS:
Gm7 D Bm
You beat me to the punch..that time..
D Bm
You beat me to the punch..oh, oh, oh, oh.
D Bm
You beat me to the pun.un.un.unch..
Whoa, whoa, whoa...
#2.
D Bm
After..I had known you, for what seems like a long, long, time.
D Bm A
I wanted, wanted to ask you would you please, please, be mine.
D
Whenever you came around, my heart would pound,
Bm
so, you must have had a hunch.
G Gm7
So, you came up to me and asked me to be yours.
CHORUS:
Gm7 D Bm
You beat me to the punch..one more time..
D Bm
You beat me to the punch..oh, oh, oh, oh.
D Bm
You beat me to the pun.un.un.unch..
Yeahhh...
#3.
G A D
Since I loved you, I thought you would be true and love
Bm
me, tender.
D Bm D Bm
So, I let my heart surrender..to you, yes I did.
G A D
But I found out, beyond a doubt..one day, boy,
Bm G A
you were a playboy..who would go away and leave me, blue.
#4.
A D
So, I ain't gonna wait, around for you to put me down.
Bm G
This time I'm gonna play my hunch..and walk away this very day.
G D Bm
And beat you to the punch, this time.
D Bm
I'll beat you to the punch, yes, I will.
OUTRO:
D Bm
I'll let you know, now..how great it feels...(Fade.)
A Sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#9 in 1962.
#1.
D Bm
That day, I first saw you (whoa, whoa) passing by..
D Bm A
I wanted, to know your name, but I...was much too shy.
D
But I was looking at you so hard,
Bm
that you must have had a hunch.
G Gm7
So, you came up to me and asked me my name.
CHORUS:
Gm7 D Bm
You beat me to the punch..that time..
D Bm
You beat me to the punch..oh, oh, oh, oh.
D Bm
You beat me to the pun.un.un.unch..
Whoa, whoa, whoa...
#2.
D Bm
After..I had known you, for what seems like a long, long, time.
D Bm A
I wanted, wanted to ask you would you please, please, be mine.
D
Whenever you came around, my heart would pound,
Bm
so, you must have had a hunch.
G Gm7
So, you came up to me and asked me to be yours.
CHORUS:
Gm7 D Bm
You beat me to the punch..one more time..
D Bm
You beat me to the punch..oh, oh, oh, oh.
D Bm
You beat me to the pun.un.un.unch..
Yeahhh...
#3.
G A D
Since I loved you, I thought you would be true and love
Bm
me, tender.
D Bm D Bm
So, I let my heart surrender..to you, yes I did.
G A D
But I found out, beyond a doubt..one day, boy,
Bm G A
you were a playboy..who would go away and leave me, blue.
#4.
A D
So, I ain't gonna wait, around for you to put me down.
Bm G
This time I'm gonna play my hunch..and walk away this very day.
G D Bm
And beat you to the punch, this time.
D Bm
I'll beat you to the punch, yes, I will.
OUTRO:
D Bm
I'll let you know, now..how great it feels...(Fade.)
A Sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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